It was a typical city council meeting, people complaining about one thing or another, budgets being presented, fire department and other reports.
But the real star of the meeting was Hope Allen.
Hope is a Cottonwood Heights fourth grader from Butler Elementary School. She was at the Cottonwood Heights City Council Meeting to present to the council her science project on cell phone usage while driving. Her hypothesis was that cell phone use while driving was greater in the afternoon then in the morning. Her reasoning was that people were more focused and hurried in the morning and in the afternoon things were not always solidified and people were making plans for the rest of the day.
So she set out to do sampling and three times counted cars as they went by in the afternoon and three times in the morning. Her conclusion was that yes people do use their cell phones more in the afternoon. She also stated that driving while talking on a cell phone is the equivalent as driving under the influence.
This was an awesome presentation, and Hope had won her school and regional competition but was too young to be in the state competition, lucky for the other state entries.
After her presentation Cottonwood Heights Chief of Police Robby Russo and Mayor Kelvyn H. CullimoreJ Jr. Presented Hope with an award. What an awesome young girl and Cottonwood Heights is proud.
